[rescue] [geeks] PiDP-10 just published!?!?

[John Francini]

Hello Dan,

Probably best to ask on the PiDP-10 list as there's a number of ITS people there.  Now if this was a file from TOPS-10/TOPS-20, I could probably help you.

Thanks and regards,

John

--
John Francini <francini at mac.com>
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." -- Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia

> On Aug 26, 2025, at 14:50, Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Curious if folks here have actually worked with pdp-10 and its. I have a few questions around decoding a specific file type - and I'm tripping at literally every step because of the weird syntax, arcane escape characters and execution model.
> 
> Really puts unix in a perspective I didn't appreciate before.
> 
> Dan.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 11:46 John Francini via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
>> I bought a copy.  I have a PiDP-10 kit and a PiDP-11 kit still waiting to be assembled. I did indeed build a PiDP-8 kit already.
>> 
>> I wish the -8 kit was of the PDP-8/e rather than the -8/i, but I can't be choosy.
>> 
>> Thanks and regards,
>> 
>> John
>> --
>> John Francini <francini at mac.com <mailto:francini at mac.com>>
>> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." -- Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia
>> 
>>> On Aug 25, 2025, at 12:27, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've corresponded with the author, he confirmed this wasn't written as a 'money maker', but I think it will sell well (the vendor has sold 1,000 of the PiDP-10 kits) given the market size.
>>> 
>>> I would think offering the pdf version would be an easy thing to do, esp since it is being sold as a "print on demand" item thru Amazon (once ordered, Amazon prints and ships the book), but I don't know about that process to know for sure.
>>> 
>>> No word on PDF yet, maybe?
>>> 
>>> Ken
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 25, 2025, at 11:17, Alexander Jacocks via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Looks very interesting. I wonder if the author is going to sell PDF versions, as well.
>>>> 
>>>> - Alex
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM Lars Brinkhoff via geeks <geeks at sunhelp.org <mailto:geeks at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
>>>>> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>>> > I've not seen the book, my copy arrives Wednesday, but I wanted to
>>>>> > spread the word. The Author has a solid track record writing many
>>>>> > radio-specific books for various gam radios, so I'm confident he's
>>>>> > done a good job with this book
>>>>> 
>>>>> I checked the excerpt that is available on Amazon.  There are some
>>>>> nitpicks I could make, but overall it looks fine.
>>>>> 
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